Overshoe-clamp.



PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907 B. W. WALTZ. ovsasnor: CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 190B.

UNITED sTA rEs EZRA W. WALTZ, OF LINDEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

OVERSHOE-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2'7, 1907.

Application filed March 17,1906; Serial No. 306,681.

To a'llw'hom it may pon cem:

Be it known that'L' EZRA WALTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linden, in the county 1 of Lycoming, State of Pennsylvania, have invented its accidental displacement or removal therefrom by mud, snow or the like prevented. Briefly. described the clainp comprises a socketed memberclenched on theovershoe and adapted to receives stud attached 'to the inner shoe after the manner of the two members of, the ordinary glove fastening device. I,

The invention will be-readily understood from a consideration of they following detailed -description,-

and its preferred embodimentis shown in'the accompanying drawings, in which the figure is a section through-an inner shoe and an over shoe, held together bythe improved clamping device, which. is'likewise shown in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawinga'the clamping member consists of a'metal plate 11,. U- shapedin cross-section, the inner arm 12 of which is.

' provided with a closed socket 13, adapted to receive V a stud 10, which is'carried bythe inner shoe. Al-

though the resiliency of the arms of the plate'll is sufficient to retain the samezin' place'on the over shoe,

a pin 14 may be secured to the arm 12 and extended through a perforation in "the opposite arm, the extended head of the pin being adapted to'receive a small locking nut, as shown. i

The stud 10 is secured to the outer end of a ,pin 8, carried by a plate 9, located on the inside of the inner shoe at the heel portion thereof, the pin extending through an opening formed in the inner shoe at such point. The pin, above referred to, is preferably screw-threaded,and its projecting end is received in a socketiormed in the stud 10, the socket portion of the stud being correspondingly threaded on its inner surface. Owing to the threaded connection between the pin 8 and the stud 10 carried thereby accidental displacement of the latter 'is therefore prevented. The plate 9, upon which the pin is formed consists of a very thin sheet of metal, which is fitted as close as possible against the inside of the inner shoe to prevent chafing of the heel of the wearer.

The over shoe is slipped on the inner shoe in the usual manner, and when in place thereon a slight pressure upon the socketed member is sufficient to cause the latter to receive the stud, which will be retained therein by its snap action. A slight outward movement of the top of the over shoe at a point above the clamp is sufficientto disengage the studand head when the over shoe is to be removed. Y -The U-shaped plate 11, in which the socket 13 is formed, is capable of attachment to an over shoe of any ordinary type and may be readily'removed therefrom when the over shoe becomes worn.

What is claimed, is-

' The "ciiinhination, with an inner shoe having an opening formed in its heel portion, a plate attached on the inner side of the inner shoe at such portion, said plate being provided with a threa'ded'pin extending through and projecting beyond said opening, and a stud disposed upon the outer sideof the inner shoe and provided with an interiorly. threaded socket adapted to receive the projecting end of said pin, of an over shoe provided at itsheel portion' with a removable plate bent upon itself to form a pair of spaced members fitting against opposite'sides of said over shoe, the inner member-of said plate having a closed tended end of said last-mentioned pin, to'retain said plate "in place.

In testimony whereof, I afiixmy signature, in presence of two witnesses.

EZRA W. WALTZ.

Witnesses .T. A. LASCH, FREHW. Mnomuea. 

